Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m)
WorldPhysical EnvironmentSocial / HealthAreas vulnerable to a 1-meter rise in sea level
ETOPO1A map shows global sea-level rise vulnerability (1 meter). The highest vulnerability areas, marked in blue, are along coastlines, notably in the United States, Europe, parts of Asia, and Australia.
Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (1 m) | Arctic Cordillera | Tundra | Taiga | Hudson Plain | Boreal forests | Northwestern forested mountains | Marine west coast forest | Eastern temperate forests | Great Plains | Deserts and steppes | Mediterranean California | Southern semi-arid highlands | Temperate sierras | Tropical wet forests | |
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Hawaii | 1.26% | ||||||||||||||
Alaska | 0.230% | 25.1% | 6.23% | 14.3% | 3.61% | ||||||||||
Arizona | 66.3% | 12.9% | 19.7% | ||||||||||||
Utah | 19.3% | 80.3% | |||||||||||||
Yukon | 7.08% | 38.7% | 53.4% | ||||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 0.106% | 3.04% | 63.7% | ||||||||||||
District of Columbia | 6.93% | 100% | |||||||||||||
Florida | 0.876% | 84.3% | 14.5% | ||||||||||||
Idaho | 57.3% | 40.7% | |||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.244% | 82.5% | 17.5% | ||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 3.07% | 92.1% | |||||||||||||
Vermont | 86.9% | 13.1% | |||||||||||||
Washington | 0.110% | 44.1% | 18.2% | 34.8% | |||||||||||
Wyoming | 6.11% | 27.1% | 46.4% | ||||||||||||
Nunavut | 0.118% | 1.96% | 1.52% | 3.41% | |||||||||||
Montana | 31.6% | 66.0% | |||||||||||||
Maine | 0.127% | 44.1% | 52.2% | ||||||||||||
North Dakota | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 0.134% | 17.5% | 6.61% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 0.108% | 99.4% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | 5.31% | 98.4% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.21% | 89.2% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 8.06% | 57.8% | 33.4% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Texas | 17.3% | 4.05% | 13.1% | ||||||||||||
Missouri | 60.6% | 39.4% | |||||||||||||
Louisiana | 0.728% | 86.4% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||
North Carolina | 0.189% | 99.2% | |||||||||||||
Oregon | 0.116% | 53.3% | 14.9% | 7.11% | |||||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.167% | 3.19% | 95.8% | ||||||||||||
Alabama | 0.215% | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
New Mexico | 8.59% | 32.9% | 7.36% | 1.32% | 3.54% | ||||||||||
Kansas | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 31.7% | 66.5% | 1.10% | ||||||||||||
British Columbia | 7.72% | 4.25% | 60.9% | 6.59% | 4.95% | ||||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.23% | 56.9% | 22.4% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 2.79% | 11.2% | 86.6% | ||||||||||||
South Carolina | 3.55% | 99.7% | |||||||||||||
Michigan | 25.2% | 1.08% | |||||||||||||
Alberta | 17.4% | 54.4% | 6.61% | 21.1% | |||||||||||
Connecticut | 0.331% | 15.9% | 84.0% | ||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 3.06% | 79.4% | |||||||||||||
Colorado | 38.2% | 42.1% | 2.98% | ||||||||||||
Nevada | 99.6% | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 0.375% | 32.4% | 63.3% | ||||||||||||
Georgia | 0.545% | 99.9% | |||||||||||||
New York | 0.163% | 19.7% | 1.05% | ||||||||||||
Maryland | 0.568% | 97.9% | |||||||||||||
Québec | 1.01% | 37.0% | 2.25% | 3.73% | 1.51% | ||||||||||
Manitoba | 22.1% | 11.3% | 55.4% | 10.0% | |||||||||||
Oklahoma | 21.6% | 78.4% | |||||||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Ontario | 28.1% | 64.1% | 7.08% | ||||||||||||
California | 0.557% | 26.9% | 2.89% | 29.8% | 39.7% | ||||||||||
Arkansas | 100% | ||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 3.94% | 96.1% | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 40.6% | 24.1% | 35.2% | ||||||||||||
Iowa | 6.36% | 93.6% | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 99.9% | ||||||||||||||
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